there is a lot of things it would take to carry out the safe zone idea, and the united states has an important role to play. international community to talk about how they will divvy up responsibilities. there are a lot of unanswered questions, but action is necessary now, and the united states needs to be a part of it. >> if the united states did fire on planes, he would be prepared for american forces to fire back? >> yes. i think the forces should know that would be the anticipated response so they would be wise enough not to do it in the first place. >> congressman keith ellison joining me from capitol hill. >> 50 years in jail was the sentence handed down today for the former president of liberia, charles taylor. he was convicted last month on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for fuelling the war in sierra leone. the judge described his crimes as among the most heinous in history. >> in the case of the prosecutor versus charles taylor -- >> when he arrived in court, he knew there was no precedent in modern times for sentencing of former head of state at the in